Peter Abelard - Wikipedia
Peter Abelard (/ ˈ æ b ə l ɑːr d /; French: Pierre Abélard; Latin: Petrus Abaelardus or Abailardus; 12 February 1079 – 21 April 1142) was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, teacher, musician, composer, and poet.
Peter Abelard | 12th Century French Theologian & Poet - Britannica
Peter Abelard was a French theologian and philosopher best known for his solution of the problem of universals and for his original use of dialectics. He is also known for his poetry and for his celebrated love affair with Héloïse.
Peter Abelard - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Peter Abelard (1079–21 April 1142) [‘Abailard’ or ‘Abaelard’ or ‘Habalaarz’ and so on] was the pre-eminent philosopher and theologian of the twelfth century. The teacher of his generation, he was also famous as a poet and a musician.
Abelard, Peter - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Peter Abelard (1079-1142) was the preeminent philosopher of the twelfth century and perhaps the greatest logician of the middle ages. During his life he was equally famous as a poet and a composer, and might also have ranked as the preeminent theologian of his day had his ideas earned more converts and less condemnation.
Peter Abelard and his Theologia | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
Peter Abelard, (born 1079, Le Pallet, near Nantes, Brittany—died April 21, 1142, Priory of Saint-Marcel, near Chalon-sur-Saône, Burgundy), French theologian and philosopher. The son of a knight, he abandoned his inheritance to study philosophy.
Who Was Peter Abelard, and What Were His Theological Contributions?
Peter Abelard (1079–1142) was a medieval scholastic philosopher and theologian whose life and work were deeply intertwined with the intellectual and religious ferment of 12th-century Europe. Born in Le Pallet, Brittany, Abelard rose to prominence as a brilliant and controversial figure in scholastic circles.
Peter Abelard | Catholic Answers Encyclopedia
Peter Abelard (also spelled Abeillard, Abailard, etc., while the best 1188. have Abaelardus) was born in the little village of Pallet, about ten miles east of Nantes in Brittany. His father, Berengar, was lord of the village, his mother’s name was Lucia; both afterwards entered the monastic state.
Abelard, Peter (1079–1142) - Encyclopedia.com
Peter Abelard has been famous since the fourteenth century for his exchange of love letters with H é lo ï se, his former wife, written when he was a monk and she a nun. Nineteenth-century historians saw him as a rationalist critic of traditional Christian doctrine and a forerunner of modernity.
Letters of Abelard and Heloise - Wikipedia
The purported authors, Peter Abelard, a prominent theologian, and his pupil, Heloise, a gifted young woman later renowned as an abbess, exchanged these letters following their ill-fated love affair and subsequent monastic lives.
Ethics (Abelard) - Wikipedia
The Ethica (Ethics), also known as Scito te ipsum (Know Yourself), is a twelfth-century philosophical treatise by Peter Abelard. In it, Abelard argues that sin or "scorn for God" is fundamentally a matter of consent, not deeds.
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